Attachment for seed-planters.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29,1907- Inventor Witnesses.

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OHARLEY O. PALLAS, OF BARNESVILLE, MINNESOTA.

ATTACHMENT FOB SEED-PLANTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed June 29, 1907. Serial No. 381,455.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEY O. PALLAS, citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Barnesville, in the county of Clay and State ofMinnesota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Seed-Planters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in seeders and hasrelation more particularly to that class known as force feed.

It is an object of this invention to provide novel means in a device ofthis character whereby that portion of the delivery cups beneath thewheel may be cleansed.

Furthermore, an object of this invention is to provide a device of thecharacter noted which will possess advantages in points of simplicity,efficiency and durability, proving at the same time comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in whichFigure 1, is an inverted plan view of the seed hopper; and Fig. 2, is asection on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the base of a hopper which is incommunication with the delivery cups 2, provided with the forcing wheels3. These parts may be of any ordinary or preferred construction exceptthat the under surface of each cup is provided with the o ening 4.

Clampe to the exterior of the cups and adjacent the edges of theopenings therein are the plates 5, which form runways or guides for theclosing plates 6. It is thought that it willbe plainly apparent that bymoving these closing plates 6, access can be had to the delivery cupsfor the purpose of cleansing the said cups at those portions beneath theforcing wheels. The plates 6, may be moved from their normal or closedposition by any desired means, but it has been found preferable toprovide the ar .rangement as illustrated in the drawings.

Secured to the plates 6, is the angular rod 8. This rod 8, is providedintermediate its length with the strap 9, through which passes thehandle 10, which is pivoted at one end to the hopper 1. By moving thishandle 10, the plates 6, are caused to either open or close in unison.

What I claim is In combination, a hopper, delivery cups carried thereby,forcing wheels within the cups having openings beneath the wheels,plates clamped to the cups around the openings forming guideways, platesmovable in the guideways for closing the openings of the cup, a rodsecured to the plate, a stra on the rod, and an operating handle pivoteto the hopper passing loosely between the strap of the rod for movingthe rod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses this 1st day of June, 1907.

' OHARLEY O. PALLAS.

Witnesses:

ORRIS OLIVER, NELLIE BRISLAIN.

